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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E28 (03:45) HSK 7
yě miǎn de páng rén wù huì nǐ

也免得旁人误会你

“so no one else will doubt you.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E28
TIMECODE: 03:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN děng dà wáng zi sǐ yīn chén āi luò dìng

“until the cause of Eldest Prince's death is uncovered”

yě miǎn de páng rén wù huì nǐ CURRENT FOCUS

也 免得 旁人 误会 你

“so no one else will doubt you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jì rán wáng tíng nèi yǒu fǎn duì de shēng yīn

“Since there are objections among the palace officials,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTION
Tone: DIPLOMATIC
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I'm pretending to protect your reputation, but really I'm containing political fallout and keeping an eye on you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Reputational Protection Pretext

In Chinese diplomatic and political rhetoric, framing an imposition as a way to guard someone's reputation is a classic face-preserving maneuver to deflect confrontation.

INTENT TAGS: #pretext #diplomacy #reputation_guarding #persuasion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
免得 SPOKEN CHUNK

so as to avoid / lest

A very useful conjunction used in both formal and spoken Chinese to introduce an undesirable outcome being prevented.

旁人 SPOKEN CHUNK

other people / bystanders

A slightly formal or literary term referring to third parties or outside onlookers.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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